Building on Win 2008

[Erik Trimble]

Kelly O'Hair wrote:
> Phil's understanding is also mine.
>
> I don't doubt that at some time in the future these two products might
> be different builds, due to patches and so forth, but as I read all the
> web pages, they should be in fact the same actual compiler and optimizer.
> It's some of the fluff around the edges that is missing, like ATL and 
> MFC,
> and maybe performance feedback optimization (which we do not use).
>
> -kto
>
>
> Phil Race wrote:
>>
>>
>> Erik Trimble wrote:
>>> I know there's been a lot of exploration on this topic, as yes, 
>>> being able to use just the free MS SDK and the free Visual Studio 
>>> versions would make it very nice.  Unfortunately, the free version 
>>> of VS is actually _very_ different than the Professional version, 
>>> and not just the compiler itself (which, has a whole 'nother set of 
>>> bugs unique to it...).
>>
>> I don't recall any such data on bugs. It is supposed to be the same 
>> compiler,
>> with the same optimiser. Should be bug for bug compatible to the
>> extent the functionalities overlap.
>>
>> If you have data to the contrary could you share it?
>>
>> -phil.
IIRC, the problem is more that the Free version is NOT lockstep with the 
Professional version.  So, the Free version is generally the 
Professional version + Some Patchlevel, where the Patchlevel is not 
obvious.   I'm not even sure that it corresponds directly to a service 
pack level, thus, I can't be sure that  Professional + Service Pack X = 
Free.   My last bit of understanding from MS on this was that both the 
Free and Professional are the same source base, but they aren't just a 
repackaging of the same built binaries.

I'd love to be wrong about this, and find out that truly the 
Professional version is a strict superset of the Free version, but...

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